Grammatical borrowing from Spanish/Portuguese in some native languages of Latin America

Sakel, Jeanette

Abstract

In this paper I investigate how different factors can influence the range of grammatical categories affected by language contact, drawing on a sample of ten native languages of Latin America. The languages are all in contact with the highly dominant languages Spanish and Portuguese, but they differ with respect to a range of sociolinguistic factors relating to the contact situation. I am investigating the categories affected by borrowing in the languages of the sample, relating them to these different factors. My aim is to shed light on the reasons for why some Native American languages display borrowing in a wide range of categories, whereas other appears more restricted in what is borrowed.

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Publication Date: Apr 16, 2010
• Publicly Available Date: Jun 8, 2019
• Journal: STUF - Language Typology and Universals
• Print ISSN: 2196-7148
• Electronic ISSN: 2196-7148
• Publisher: De Gruyter
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 63
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 65-78
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1524/stuf.2010.0006
• Keywords: grammatical borrowing, Spanish/Portuguese, native languages, Latin America
• Public URL: https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/988168
• Publisher URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1524/stuf.2010.0006
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